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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LinkedIn Talent Hub

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ALinkedIn Talent is a recruiting solution. It offers core ATS capabilities, as well as proactive recruitment outreach tailored to LinkedIn’s site. LinkedIn Talent also enables competitive insights and recruitment marketing.N/A

    Varicent

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AFrom quotas to sales and compensation, Varicent helps revenue leaders in enterprise organizations chart a more effective, connected path to revenue by providing vital data, insights, and sales go-to-market planning tools.N/A
    Pricing
    LinkedIn Talent HubVaricent
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LinkedIn Talent HubVaricent
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    LinkedIn Talent HubVaricent
    Considered Both Products
    LinkedIn
    No answer on this topic
    Varicent
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    43 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    35 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    39 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    45 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    77%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    39 Answers
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    Features
    LinkedIn Talent HubVaricent
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of LinkedIn Talent Hub and Varicent
    Feature
    LinkedIn Talent Hub
    7.0
    77 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Varicent
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management4.063 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.067 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media8.067 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.069 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customized Application Form7.059 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management7.065 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.953 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate Search8.076 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking8.058 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration8.064 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation7.256 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Templates6.065 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissions6.060 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts6.070 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.761 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of LinkedIn Talent Hub and Varicent
    Feature
    LinkedIn Talent Hub
    -
    Ratings
    Varicent
    6.7
    55 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Sales compensation plan creation00 Ratings7.148 Ratings
    Complex sales crediting00 Ratings7.548 Ratings
    Sales compensation process automation00 Ratings7.452 Ratings
    Incentive auditing/regulation compliance00 Ratings6.546 Ratings
    Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting00 Ratings6.447 Ratings
    Incentive modeling00 Ratings6.243 Ratings
    Agile incentive strategy00 Ratings6.538 Ratings
    ICM mobile visibility00 Ratings6.232 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    LinkedIn Talent HubVaricent
    Small Businesses
    Crelate
    Score9.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    CareerSiteBuilder
    Score10 out of 10
    Everstage
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    JobDiva
    Score8 out of 10
    CaptivateIQ
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LinkedIn Talent HubVaricent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (79 ratings)
    7.3
    (67 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    4.8
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (59 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.2
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.8
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (22 ratings)
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.2
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.3
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (58 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.9
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.9
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LinkedIn Talent HubVaricent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    LinkedIn
    I really feel like [LinkedIn Talent Hub] has great potential to be used by many many companies. I think if it is made a little more user friendly with a little more development on the back end to remove some bugs, this could be a potential game changer. I have enjoyed working and getting to know this.
    Incentivized
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    Varicent
    For the use cases we have at the bank, ICM is a perfect solution. For any bank or institution that has similar requirements, ICM would be a perfect solution. But I also think for any use case that has any sort of incentives based on Sales done, this would work amazing, as both Calculations and reports are handled by ICM very well; it's an all-in-one solution, I feel like.
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    Pros
    LinkedIn
    • Source of talent - LinkedIn has become the #1 place to engage talent.
    • Targeting / advertising / sponsoring employment ads are very effective. They are costly, but effective.
    • Connecting with talent via InMails and ability to send InMails to a pretty targeted audience with ease is great. This allows you to reach out/connect fast with people that "fit" what you are looking for. Other sites for recruiting, etc. are hit and miss. The quality of results is the strongest on LinkedIn and has been for many, many years.
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    Varicent
    • Flexibility - Varicent is not template based. You can implement the model specifically for your organisation.
    • Scalability - Since it is not stick to templates you are able to expand the model for other domains as well.
    • Reporting - Several ways of reporting are possible and each has their own benefit/purpose.
    • Strong/Powerfull Calculation Engine delivering fast results/speed to insight
    • User Interface is minimized to what you need and is not showing off all the functions it can "also" do
    • Strong audittrail
    • Appears to be almost unlimited in what you are able to create
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    Cons
    LinkedIn
    • Reporting. Major lacking here. If a job is closed then reopened (which that feature was recently removed), all reporting is wiped clean and picked back up with the "reopen" date. So it doesn't give a full history of the job activity.
    • Lacks adequate approvals in the system.
    • If you're a company with a risk of audits, I would not recommend Talent Hub. They lack compliance: the system allows us to "hire" someone who never applied to the job. Req history could be incomplete with the way reporting functions are set up. The system puts passive "sourced" candidates and applicants in the same bucket for pipeline workflows. Disposition status is inadequate and greatly lacking, etc.
    • Dashboard is not customizable.
    • We do not have our own unique req IDs. The system generates project IDs but these numbers are shared with all their clients, they're not unique to Ora so they are somewhat random and not in order.
    • They do not differentiate between a networking project and an approved requisition.
    • There's more, too many to list.
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    Varicent
    • As [the] model gets more and more transactional data, the calculation time increases. This should/can be handled internally with better model optimization.
    • Migrating from one env to other sometimes is challenging. There can be better 'Alerts' or 'Explanation' provided to handle it or at least to give a hint of the error.
    • For managers viewing their rep's report, the access part can be made easier. It should be linked to Payee hierarchy and access can be done automatically.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    LinkedIn
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    Customer support from IBM is impeccable. They are quick to respond and they don't nickel and dime you for every request you make. Their goal is to ensure your success and as a user, I really feel like they listen to my concerns. That's not to say there are no problems. All software has its issues, but I don't feel like those issues fall on deaf ears.
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    Usability
    LinkedIn
    The LinkedIn Talent Hub is a very easy to use and widely known by other users. If someone is hiring, its very visible and accessible. I have never had trouble posting exactly what I need. However, I have had trouble finding the candidate I am looking for. It tends to not bring in a lot of candidates
    Incentivized
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    Varicent
    Any calculations can be implemented as there are hardly any limitations on complexity. However, online real-time usability is lacking - a simple user enters, and the system calculates work in a way that it is in the browser and hence still needs overnight to be properly reflected in the batch calculations and backend tables.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    LinkedIn
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    Never went down in last 3 years that I worked with it (every hour of the day basically). That is a 10 in my book.
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    Performance
    LinkedIn
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    All is fast, but with API's it is sometimes slower due to the application we are pulling data from. Reports are loaded directly or within seconds and our reports are very detailed with many columns and rows.
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    Support Rating
    LinkedIn
    Although we never experienced any issues with the LinkedIn Talent platform or required any support, we always knew in the event that we did need assistance, it was readily available. LinkedIn as a whole is always very supportive and responsive whenever I've had any issues or even a simple question in the past. I'm sure anyone experiencing difficulties with the platform would have a resolution from the support team just about instantly.
    Incentivized
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    Varicent
    Giving a 10 would suggest there is no room for improvement. I don't feel like their support is perfect. However, I have never met another team that was more dedicated to making sure we get what we want and need.
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    In-Person Training
    LinkedIn
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    The training was good in general with a nice trainer as well. But, the training could be better if it is more focussed on our process/data etc.
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    Online Training
    LinkedIn
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    There is a learning portal with many videos about navigation, creating reports and managing your model.
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    Implementation Rating
    LinkedIn
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    Test test test. Make sure that the product is calculating everyone 100% correctly. DO NOT accept a 70% pass rate as some companies would like to have you believe is acceptable. This means conducting thorough testing by providing 100% of all expected results, but it will be worth it when you know that the compensation plans are working entirely as expected.
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    Alternatives Considered
    LinkedIn
    It's definitely better than other competitors because of one a better pool of candidates, who are well categorised and filtered, and the database is well updated. Also, it has a better UI with end to end hiring requirement management, that helps to make hiring faster and smarter. The UX though is a bit laggy, which can be improved
    Incentivized
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    Varicent
    In 2015, we used a scorecard containing 80 attributes in our review of Oracle, Callidus, and Xactly & Varicent. Oracle did not have true self serve capabilities- programming was heavily required, not intuitive, out of the box functionality was limited. Callidus & Xactly could not provide us a demo using our data, statements could not be sent out in bulk form, difficulty in importing/exporting to CRM. Varicent excelled in most areas and was the clear winner.
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    Scalability
    LinkedIn
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    It is very scalable and adaptable to changing complexities of calculations and business rules under a variety of different scenarios. It does not get full points because in large data loads the time needed to calculate and import the data increases exponentially and may cause issues related to timing potentially.
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    Return on Investment
    LinkedIn
    • Positive impact. The tool has helped us in finding quality candidates for our hard to fill positions!
    • Helps in “pipelining” even after we fill a position, we make a folder of prospective candidates that we find through the platform. This list is then revisited once we have additional positions!
    • Outreach to global candidates. We have an office in Spain and we have found so many qualified candidates on the platform to fill those positions!
    Incentivized
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    Varicent
    • Compliance - with a central system used for calculation incentive payments and commissions, we are able to provide reports and data showing every detail of how payments are calculated and why they are justified. We can also identify anomalies and outliers.
    • Integration with our payroll system is seamless. Except for regular pay, nothing goes to payroll without going through ICM. The process for paying incentives/bonuses/commissions is now very structured and efficient.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Varicent Screenshots

    Screenshot of Varicent providing clarity and transparency to sellers, helping them to find answers faster and have confidence in compensation plans.Screenshot of Tools for sellers that help them align strategic initiatives, and that help them understand which deals will help them win.Screenshot of Varicent ICM model compensation plans that display the financial impact of changes. Its ability to more accurately forecast commission payouts with “what-if” assumptions, users can budget more effectively for sales compensation costs, manage target total compensation for sales representatives and assess plan effectiveness.Screenshot of Shareable information sent to the right people to drive the right results.